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protect freedom impeach bush now Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 09:05 PM
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anti-terrorism record of Clinton compared to Bush's do-nothing
Edited on Fri Oct-24-03 09:05 PM by protect freedom impe
If anybody needs a good list of "what Clinton did", here it is....

www.mediawhoresonline.com



Here is only part of the Clinton-Gore anti-terrorism record:

-- Developed the nation's first anti-terrorism policy, and appointed first national coordinator of anti-terrorist efforts.

-- Stopped cold the Al Qaeda millennium bombing plot.

-- Tried to kill Osama bin Laden and disrupt Al Qaeda through preemptive strikes (efforts denounced by the G.O.P.).

-- Brought perpetrators of first World Trade Center bombing and CIA killings to justice.

-- Did not blame Bush I administration for first World Trade Center bombing. Instead, worked hard, even obsessively -- and successfully -- to stop future terrorist attacks.

--Named the Hart-Rudman commission to report on nature of terrorist threats and major steps to be taken to combat terrorism.



Here, in stark contrast, is part of the Bush-Cheney anti-terrorism record before September 11, 2001:

-- Backed off Clinton administration's anti-terrorism efforts.

-- Shelved Hart-Rudman report.

-- Appointed new anti-terrorism task force under Dick Cheney. Group did not even meet before 9/11.

-- Called for cuts in anti-terrorism efforts by the Department of Defense.

-- Gave no priority to anti-terrorism efforts by Justice Department.

-- Ignored warnings from Sandy Berger and Louis Freeh about the urgency of terrorist threats.

-- Halted Predator drone tracking of Osama bin Laden.

-- Did nothing in wake of August 6 C.I.A. report to president saying Al Qaeda attack almost certain.

-- By failing to order any coordination of intelligence data, missed opportunity to stop the 9/11 plot as Clinton-Gore had stopped the millennium plot.

--Blamed Clinton-Gore for 9/11.



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GayTampa Donating Member (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-24-03 09:11 PM
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1. AMEN
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 06:27 AM
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2. Hi GayTampa!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 07:49 AM
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3. Welcome gaytampa!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 07:50 AM
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4. Bloody right!
But of course it's Clinton's fault, for not FORCING the Shrub regime to follow his directions. Cliton was lazy - all he did was give them the papers, didn't tell them what to do with it, or even where to file it. Just left them cold, with no help.

Damn that Klintoon!

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